The 11 Anime of Spring 2017 You Should Be Watching
Well, what a season. My own personal Soul Eater Excalibur has once again appeared to make me make ‘that’ face at the braying fanboys...
Thoughts From Outside - WorldEnd Episode 5
I am slightly mollified by this episode at least starting with the fight against the Beast, showing the girls at work whilst also demonstrating that they are the apex of the military efforts, but certainly not the only aspect of them. Kutori is in fine form as she takes down the 217th incarnation of the Not-Triffid, …
Thoughts From Outside - WorldEnd Episode 4
Well, just to start off, I’m pretty disappointed. I honestly had a non-negligible expectation that they might, given how poorly they’re representing Willem’s connection with the past, but they did indeed completely negate that hook moment from the end of the first volume that really stimulated me to keep reading. In…
Thoughts from Outside - WorldEnd Episode 3
Just before the next episode! Apologies for the delay, I’ve had a bad cold be kicking my ass for the past couple of weeks. At least that’s all it was this time, last time I got to the third episode of a series I was doing weekly reviews for, whatever I caught cost me a year…
Thoughts from Outside - WorldEnd Episode 2
And so, episode 2, and a little more timely. It must be said, this episode is more representative of how much of WorldEnd is going to be: slow-paced and reflective. It’s trying to walk the fine line between letting stuff be shown without drawing attention to it, and pointing it out even though some impact is lost by…
Thoughts from Outside - WorldEnd (Shuumatsu) Episode 1
Okay, with the general consensus to my recent poll being “move on” move on I shall, but not to a new project. Before my health collapsed, I was running an experiment to see if knowledge of an anime adaption’s source material could allow for better reviews, given that the adage “A show must stand on its own” is often…
AniTAY Blimp - Exile's Thoughts from Outside lives!
Greetings all, been a while. A succession of health issues has kept me preoccupied for a long time, but I am doing well again (finally) and desire to return to writing. Huzzah!
The 8 Anime Of Winter 2017 You Should Be Watching
At last! A collab has resisted the power-creep that has seen more and more shows making the list every season! We’re offering a decent, manageable number this time around, with a selection of Honourable Mentions and a couple under a new category we’re sadly thinking is going to feature more and more often as time goes…
The 17 Anime of Autumn 2016 You Should Be Watching
Greetings, and welcome to the last seasonal collab of a terrible year in almost everything but anime, so try to take solace in the following selection of above-average shows. The most popular series might come as no surprise given that Hell has frozen over (a phrase which remains perpetually amusing to anyone who has…
The 15 Anime Of Summer 2016 You Should Be Watching
Greetings, and welcome to an only-slightly-late listing of all the shows you now need to realise you like. Sadly, ill health has caused the minor delay, but with this season it’s difficult to pin down if it’s an overdose of sugar or salt.
OP/ED a Day: Tameki no Hashi
Title: Tameiki no Hashi | Artist: Kuricorder Quartet and Shione Yukawa Show: Allison to Lillia
The 13 Anime of Spring 2016 You Should Be Watching
Greetings, and welcome once again to the seasonal effort we at AniTAY make to demonstrate how much our tastes conflict agree with your own. It’s a season to move you this time—be it by rail, through the air, along the road with the wind rushing past you, back to the past, or just with the power of music victory.…
OP/ED A Day: Papermoon
Title: Papermoon | Artist: Tommy heavenly6 | Show: Soul Eater
In Soviet Russia, Zombies Train You
Capitalist zombies.
OP/ED A Day: Mōretsu Uchū Kōkyōkyoku Dai 7 Gakushō "Mugen no Ai"
Artist: Momoiro Clover Z | Show: Bodacious Space Pirates | Title: Mōretsu Uchū Kōkyōkyoku Dai 7 Gakushō “Mugen no Ai”
OP/ED A Day: Sand Mission
Title: Sand Mission | Artist: Gary Eckert (English) | Show: Desert Punk
About That Schwarzesmarken Timeline...
Part of the underlying depression of Schwarzesmarken is the fact that you know the fight you’re seeing again the BETA is a losing one. The Oder-Neisse Line is fated to fall and the entirety of mainland Europe will be overrun - this is not uncommon knowledge. People who have looked around the ‘net a little might have…
OP/ED A DAY: Cloud Age Symphony
Title: Cloud age Symphony | Artist: Shuntaro Okino | Show: Last Exile
OP/ED a Day: Y'Know
Title: Y’Know | Artist: Sudou Akira | Show: Bubblegum Crisis 2040
OP/ED A Day: Growlanser - Wayfarer of Time
Growlanser is a very long-running series of tactical RPG games perhaps best known for the characters designs by Satoshi Urushihara (You’re wearing PVC! You’re wearing PVC! Everyone’s wearing PVC!), and Growlanser IV, called the Wayfarer of Time, is generally considered to be the best entry in the franchise. Originally…